Question

What do we learn from the two stories of belgium and sri lanka?

Answer 1

We learn the following from the stories of Belgium and Sri Lanka:

a. The best way to bring about peace and stability in a society which is characterised by ethnic , linguistic diversity is to share power among the diverse groups, to involve them in the decision making process. Such a power sharing arrangement will mitigate the chances of conflict in the society a sin case of Belgium. Sri lanka on the other witnessed worst form of civil war resulting in killings of thousands.

b. We also learn that power sharing is the very spirit of democracy as it expands democracy to the grass root level making it more inclusive and representative in nature.

c. Power sharing also gives representation and political voice to the minorities and prevents the imposition of majoritarinism policy to sought to  establish the supremacy and dominance of the majority community as in case of Sri Lanka where the interest of Tamil minorities were totally disregarded.

d. Most importantly we learn  that power sharing will ensure justice, fairness, equality in the society by accommodating varied interests.

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Answer 2

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What do we learn from the two stories of Belgium and Sri Lanka?

Answer-

Belgium and Sri Lanka are two different countries which practice two forms of power sharing.

Belgium-

• Belgium practices the type of power sharing known as "Accomodation".
• In this type of power sharing, everyone is treated equally.
• The minorities are not alienated.
• Belgium is composed of mainly of three linguistic group, namely Dutch, French and German.
• 59% of the people of the Flemish region speak Dutch whereas 40% of the people of the Wallonia region speak French. The rest 1% speak German. In the capital city of Brussels, 80% of people speak French and 20% speak Dutch.
• The Belgium leaders understood the social differences and cultural diversities among the people of Belgium.
• The constitution of Belgium was amended a total of 4 times between 1970 and 1993.
• The Dutch speaking ministers and the French speaking ministers are equally represented in the government of Brussels. Also, the number of Dutch and French speaking ministers should be the same in the central government as prescribed by the constitution.
• There is also a community government which is elected by the people of the same social, linguistic or educational group.

Sri Lanka-

• Sri Lanka practices a form of power sharing called "Majoritarianism".
• Sri lanka is made up of the Sinhalas and the Tamils.
• 74% of the people are Sinhalas whereas 18% of the people are Tamils. Out of the 18%, 15% are Indian tamils and 3% are the Sri Lankan Tamils.
• The Sinhalas are mainly buddhists while the Tamils are both hindus and muslims. 7% of the population are christians.
• Sinhalas are the majority whereas the Tamils are the major minority in the country.
• Sri lanka gave preferential policies to the Sinhala applicants in university positions, government jobs etc.
• This created a feeling of alienation in the Tamils. They felt that they were being ignored.
• This led to a civil war.

As we can see from the short description given above, we learn that supressing the minority is a harmful thing not only for the minority but also the majority in the long term. We should respect the social differences and cultural differences of the people, as we have seen in the case of Belgium. Or else, Sri Lanka is a good example of what will happen.

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